North Carolina Newspapers

V A, A. A " r Devoted to the It'oteelion of Jbme a0e Interests of, pie County. ---- II II 1 1 ' I 1 J l V ll-. .. ...I4kV 1 I 1 I . 1 . . , r. "I J 11 1 1 I in il I I i I Ih mis o o uu o u is. . Li . - . : .,t , . '.': ,, ,j'i.uj;r,... . ' ' .... ., i .... : - r mm m -tt- at m . . . mm . --ii - b - i i l a c w w a m tr f :;. . mm mm - m Hmllca Instead q( Tears. ' - ; When shadows, hide the eun away, What use to gigh about it f Ceep np hearful henrt, ahd ay, If unsb.iiie oanlt.be ours.to-duy, We'll get )kng wit houl it. If thinwaro wfohg,' let worryintf-srw;' ' What good wl come of ftettingi ; - 4t may .be.it faetthr ro, God )ni it ttllaniTniufltbioWv1" So iipare your vain I'egVotting. 3)ore'Ts 'a sunshine thaf makes good The lack of sun obo.Vo us, - .. Jn choerful Wrds and happy mood, And heart! ftBi'will not darkly brood. In smiled of thorn who love us. 4 S i f i 2 i i " We cannot help What'hdpiVeni.hnre, So make ttMrbosfV wt-H i A Of what fate senile rrow-jutr-o-jaar ; A smile is better than a tear For us and for each other. ' rOh, the absent aro.tlw dearest , To s,tD9.thpr's loving heart, And the depth of her affection Is not known until we part. We may view our sleeping darlings With a .watchful pride and care, And may brath.an eWrnott blussing O'er euch 4utkj houd and fair. Cut t thfre reniflins a pillow - Top unprompted' and too' wfiita, And th-ohair a-ncar the bedsjde ., II4ds no partisnta foe jtho njgli- . . If we 'miss the'shxos and stocking, " ' A torn jaciet, or a drfei4 ., . we(m '',yood,pi(ht, .uiothor!" And a 'dear one's 'lirm caress , ' ' , f t Then.uf. liCRf.s, yeirn ith',nffoction I'f"the"roVer from tEe nont, And wo feel of all our darlings t , , That we lova the absent Wt.' . ' Ah, the abseatJtre the duurcst, HothetinViuWswer; J-rt! The dear lips by far the sweotest Are the lip we cannot kiss Wild BUI of Mississippi, ig'of the discovery rrcenlly of i wild man Id the AnteloNf runjrc of tnnun taiui in this State, recalls to memory tlx1 Capture of a wild white human bein in the iwamps bordering the great river of the West below the Uity of Natchd in the Stat of Mississippi, in the year 18-4, who liad crown from childhood up to muu'j c. late without seeing a single person of hit own species until he vus fuuml by his' cap tors. Believing that the incidents of the etory vijl prove of interest to the readers of the Examiner, they are herewith given, lu Wilkinson county, in the State ubove liametUJust above the old town Fort Adams there1 1 'if strip-' of 'country known aj OM JtiveiS'Wuicb. was selilgnj -.vjsited by the uiorieer' settlers of that' tetron, and then Only for. the purpose of fljliinjj and hunting AS bpih gume and fish were there to be found in abundance, f n that, year a part fit hunt' rs to their Hstonnhtnuh't liscovered tbe iiuked (oo' prints of a Tiumun being leading through tlie mud into Ute wate of the old bed of this river, lut ir curiosi'y was tbe more strangelv excited frotu the faot (bat no one resided in the immediate vicinity of that place, and tbe settled por tions were buisrmraly populated.- To dis cover .wh6.it wo that, m tde'.Vbe , fuotprint they hunted severul days in succession with tbeir dogs, and finally brought to buy in a drove of wild hog a tall, sinewy human being in a. ate of pei feet nudity. branished in hTs hand o fttout stick, with which he Uii fended himself against the dogs the bogs rallying aronod him, seemigly (or his, protection. He gave utterance to do intelligible sounds, on!y, yells of ,mge and screeches. ' They" bottifd ' and carried hiai to thstowo of Woodvilie, the test of j mice of the county?-tome twenty mile distant. lie was in every respect a va i table human beiog, with a gond 'eoatinx of bair over. His oocly, wluohi II" is to be inferred, nature iurnishes ull her creatures. Otherwise unprotected, to shield them from tbe elements. . )fl,e had lost the power of speech, wluoh injioattd that he had been left to himself when very young. By kind treatment be oon became domesticated, bis faculty of speecb Was VestoVed, and he gave this account of himself : V.'hin quite $ boy, tnppoted some six or seven years, his father (presumably) came down the Mis sissippi Hirer from some of the Western Btates and Territories in a flat boat with bis mother, hi elder lister and himself, and landed at (he month of Old River, near where the town of Fort Adams now Stands, wheie I hey remained for several days. One day tbe father killed bis mother and ulster with an axe,. Instigated by fear the btfy ran off and c6ncaled himelf in a bollow log. nisfajber hunted him. calling him Billy," but he remained silent in hrs place of concealment. Being unable to And the boy, be loosened the fl itboat (ros- ibrtsfletiing, and floated down the river, as was supposed,- to New Orleans Ieft alone at so tender an age, io a wild nnbabited sectioo, tUe law of Dectssity became to him the law of exislepce. Tne climate being- mild, made it favorable to him. Its setecttd a mgnolia, or bay tree hollow t the base, which, in, that neptipp, giew to great siz-J, and mirde himself a bed of leaves end ms," where "he "Stnycd at night and toi k slieUe when it ruiind. Fur fend, oh subsisted on frogs, tuJpnles, such fish bs he c uld cuteh, mid the wild f'Uit that grew there in summer. Thin he illumined to live until the time of bin cap ture The lmbita of tliio uiifortunute being, und the chuue which Uiok. -pluce in liiin from the time his intellect. ben an lu dcKiliiji by coming in contuct with' ci vllizat iod, is intcresiiog, to conieinplute. At (ir-tt Ikv. . molii'ha of shnme he knew nothing of, anJ it whs d fficult to make him weir cjotlijng wlien.'iji j'ea'her was warm. Whenever hunger! pinched him. and he could obtain nothing else to SHtiniy bis appetite, he would return (oliij oi iginul diet of frogs, raw full, -etc. An amusing instance of this kind occurred on one occa sion. It wub tfie "iorVuue. of tlie WriTer ol tnis l6 oe in the family who hud "Wild IJill'' in charge. On one Saturday he, with Bill, each on a horse, with a bag of corn, were to mill Some miles in the country Being detained by the miller umil (.veiling. Bill-bVcume hungry. Returning home, he lieirda.frng croukinv in a lagoon by the. waysjile. Instantly he sprang from his horse-'and CHUtionly" waded into the water, stooping uniil it reached nis chin, so us not to alurm.tlie froj;. Guided by its croaliing on tlie opposite bank, he moved slowly un? til hi dime withiu readV of it, and diirtinjf for til his hand, he seized the frog, and takifg it by the IciiSj tore them asunder s ml Ste it with a re I lull For a long tune he was irresponsible, and required to be in eliuree of some oih to keep him out of misciief and trouble On4 one notable ooca bioii Mis. ILiramctt, his guurdi-ui, wished to pay avisit Ui some of her lady friends in the towu or Woodvilie, and her son. who was generally charge! with the task of looking "utter Bfil;- beinj; absent, she locked him up inside tlie house.' Her return being deluded until evening Bill found the atmosphere of the room oppressive, and de uded himself of his clothing. Bjing hungry, he concluded to do hit: own cook ingi d-,f vticuyyrin . to do what he hud wen'" other?' (!r frfMliis liiie, he put into a akiUirt ' i-Uln.nf-iM.TjikLd. f-oud, 4 could God in the house hog's lard and ground coff'ejnixed in and putting it on the Bre, stirred it until he thought it o. sulli -iently cooked When Nrs- Hn'HimeTt returned, a,ec.n'P!.'P't'd,.hy. simie of her lady ntdtrhW.-i, aiwl unlocked the door, she found Bill seated on the floor near the hearth with the skillet before him, li!tin. its contents wi.tli both hau Is to his mouth , and expecting chastisement he backed into comer, licking his lips with his tongue lie was exceedingly fond of sweet things. and purl jculurly f strong drinks if they were swci teued. For a d.-ink of sweetened whi.-kv lie would attempt unjthing. At one ti ne lie was -promised a elasa o whi.-key and sugar if he 'woiild whip (J ci erul J iqr", .who, in full feuther,., mustering the county -uiiluia, according to Uie old inuiliief of doln ' such things annoully , To obtuiu the promised kIuss, Hill (.tealthily came up behind him, took him bailie hair of I be heud and bore him into the dust oi. the street. Fhiding lumsulf thus assiled , Oen ervi Jjor drew his sword and pierced Bill rouh the thigh. From this wound he never fairly recovered. IJu was very agile and fust of loot, fie. could climb a tree wjth surprising quickness, swim and mun- e a horse with dexterity. It was with hit) as with a child From the time of his capture he knew not right from wrong aclio .8 un-il he was tau.ht, and until his intellect expuuded and he began to com prehend his true .Djtion in society he . i . .1 ' 11 ' . ' v I 1 irroweu over me xeu cuon. it s cko. en and died in New Orleans in the year 1829, while in charge of a gentleman who under- ook toexhibit him for mont'y, Sun Fran cisco Examiner, A GEMMMAS. f you cannot find a gentleman to mar ry, girls do not marry at all. By that tenn I do not mean a man who is above the need of work ; he may be any thing but gentleman ; but a mail who kuows how to woik, who has self-respect enough toi eep lum from low habits .both, ot.tpyecb. and action ; who is cwrteons and-- li'ineru ble; who is not -a I ru id of soiling his hands: the farmer, the blacksmith, the curpe-iter. uy man may be a gentliii.in under dust and soot and chip, but if he is not, girls, ou'i marry him at ah! There is enough trouble in life without increasing il in any way. Ij not sut ct yourself to tl:e mor-liGc-tipn that would be sqre to come with busbnml who would continually cause you to Mush for hi lawless -action--, for his coawom'aud roiii(hiie$v for his slij i pery dealing.! nr for his hypocritical polish. It is not sufUcient that a man looks and dicssvi well ; he must aul auJ live well beside, Blur ARP'S 'TRUST, IN THE LORD - REMAINS UNA BATED. llx l'htloopl-K Oil tho I U Foretold fitftfie l'rofrtrTh 'V-r of Slcli n anil l'lrmttaA (Jonwvmitloil lltth ore Agrl-cuUurtil i'rofriutui . . Atlanta Cointtitution. ' Tufrible. lunible, ssol I mother inkins says., These . prophesi-u iiboit coming plagues and pestilence and' death on Uie pale horse an J earlhq ialr ;und. p-jnOoiid . air and mighty fl mds that will ohnn.je-Hhe beds of rivers, and make ne suas ant! iki, ' and -play havoc with llic nations generully, tiriJ 'eauae a carnival of un versal delfi. Th'at college man at Qambridge seems toj know all about it, and I reckon its well enough for him to scure us all up a little and makers,, cjeun up our cities and qjiit eating so much meat and drinking so much whisky, and humble do?n and get ready for anything that may happen. I d n't know and I can't see what the planets have got to do with our liUI$ world,, or how it c m uCf .ct us, for three -or -four of 'era to get into a straight line, or get nearer the sun than usual,' but Terrible things have happened in the past, and may Ii ippen aain, end it becomes us to set our houses in order, and be calm and serene, not because death is such a bud thin? or can be dog d by anybody, lut th;n its. an I awful c ntemplation.for a whole- faiqily to be hurried i.'fj at once, witfibaf waruing, and your 'nabors iu the same fix, '' aiid uobody to dig graves or bury the dead. I Don't like that, but all that hus happened a'd more too, end natioi s have beeiswept away right here in this b'oaurrftrl nr4 and pobodj knows how or when. The last 15 lodjjBe hud on (Joosa river washed across a necs:ol bjttotn land and c Trie 1 uwav Iheswten feetde-p and exp is .'d an old pottery with remnants of wave too fine for any Indians that we k'i iw ob ut . jsjiiph proves tint there has b.-ei) a people- living here in aj;es that are cone and there have beeniods much higher than any in modem time; BHt I'm not scared euou.'h t' go to building iaaii.ajrk.rj.jUt away. .More folks will die' this year fhun lust I ktio'. White pnie"iTSTwilrtTrieT there are more of Vm,' but there's "no good comes of burrowing trouble, and if a man will-trust in the Lord and do good, he will be -pnlftCtl 'IT. anything that comes along. We ore all too busy riht now with the crop to was'e much time in tpi-cul.it ion on eloomy forebodings. The weather is ull right and the genile spring 'hh'fTWers fii tne plow, and the hoys are working early and lauyand if tliey can't geMheir hreakl'a-t in liijlliey don't wuit and e.e send it to" Vra in tijji 'ld, and .Mrs. Arp h is leaiued lio.v to blow the hornat 12. and if wo. come Imiiic wet she 1ms n Jiy eliirt and dry s .clv u ready for us The mules kuow that horn us well es we do and Ihey answer il with u bruy and stop and 'don't want wptow another step. Mules have been sland rtd so mu'c) ami -.so lorlg that 1 dident haw much respetftTor 'em, but they improve on acquaintance. I nu have got nvnj sense than horses und us lor their kicking a man over about tvyicsj, u week, its no such a thing. Tuey havent kicked it anybody on my premises lor three years, und they eat lers and can do more work ou a farm than bor.e I like mules and consider 'em a valuable insertion. Colonel Johnson -eiiinc out to 8 e us the other - day. uad.jisked mu how the bojs were gettiiig ort' planting the crop, und 1 told him the land was ucurly all ready for the seed corn. It had been turned with a big clipper, with three mules abreast, and cut twelve inches at u liirrow und ten inches eep, and then hitarowed with Ilollinusworth's M 1 .l IT tl' .1. . spring tLkAh, and it looked like a garden, and my larmer boy laid il off io rows four feel and s'.x inches opart, und planted the corn an I coverr'dvtwelve acres of it in half a day by himself. Says ho solemnly, "my friend, 1 may med you as a witness in seme case in court some of these days, and if I was you I wonldent tell that sort of a story where it would get out, for it might have a tendency to injure your reputation for truth and veracity. I run a larm mysejf,, and lay 3 und plant and cover twelve ucrfA'of land in halfad'y. " Then I op and told him as how he used a grain drill that opened a furrow und dropped the corn and covered it ull at onco us il went alone. and ull thut my boy had to do was to sit np and drive an I move his sight boards ,t I the end and ia the middle of the rows, und J negHVeilup. I tell you. tint .KhinerjH4 , a good thing und saves a power (if labor. The g-aiu okill has eight sh.xs that urc seven iuciitis apart and Ihey are all und for wheat or oats but he flopped up all but the tw i outside ones fir earn and al ou the biggest wheel a d it drilled tbe cu splend d y, and if jou.lrVit td'tlWfeftilu" at ihea-miliuii il will di thai. We are after a big cr.-p of oo.-4i now and U.liui)JlaTice ol haj and foiljer, and the prop"cf) 1 prei ty good. R itrHnchmant and refonn i the.' irmVa watchword in these pirt Its -a root hou' cue with us now for w1ul Tittle money we hid happened to lie infill: It unn bunk and the rain descend erhnji tliS winds blew and beat upm tha' b ink Sill" it fell, und great was the fall of it. That is it was treat .to. us and we could have stood all the louses of the state and. Sam Morgan and everybody else better than W 'own. But then I reckon our little pastel of m iney is at work somewhere doih8omH good Iq somubody o,nd so ii's all rfcbt, 1 reckon. It's all right. If it aiH'l I e . n't help it add there's no use in griffibliog Hb'out 'wrio't a body. Can't help though I da wish these banks that's sub' j Ctohrh title and fliods wouid take cut a-ujrine tisk for the beneGt of their de- potr&'rs. -' '. - Bill Aur Bl IS OF IS FORMATION I ' Tlie crown of England is valued at $13400-) . (Jay l'awkes was executed in 1C0G. ; CVomwell refuied thecrdwn of England iq'4I:.C. ' ipice were invented and used extensively iiirjjnibling 1500 B. . Couisjana and Florida are the warmest cflpfaTrsin 'he United States ; Minnesota ueiy-joming Territory the coldest -..-. ... IJji French i ascribe the invention of bilfwrtifls to Henrique De"inne, in the reign of $hrles IX., about 1571. Slate billiard tables are verv modern. 'the diary of Judge Sewell, under qf Jan 21, 1C86, it is recorded that itv irnq '"flrt prld thnt itip ejnrnmonlu! J m.i....v..-v,...v.... brJad is frozen pretty bard, and rattks s.ufy into the plates." ; , "The anple ol discord" is a mythological alii ifufi-'n to the golden apple thrown into sseinbly -of the god by--the Goddess of ord, ob which was written "To the- LTsfc. Fuiret," and which gave me to a conten-l lion between Juno, Minerva and Venus, to the last of whom it was awarded by the judgment of Paris. it5latej to have d'scoverrd a person amomr the najives of. Florida who was believed to Irate lived over 2 0 years, and M iSvus mentions, in his "History' of the Indies a ini.ii who had , teached the ape of 335 ye.os without appearing at all decrepit, having tiifl youth several limS renewed. The ue of artificial fl iwers was intro iloe'd inj-'i E-iglaud by the wife of Edward III. S (! discarded the hideous head-gear tlivo worn at the e I'irt, and in its place "she and her Indies wore garlands of fl iwers. B the fa-'hi n o( wearing (I iwers in the Imr did not bojinne general in France till ' .;.:, -- jThe E'Ttpewr, Diocletian, who.died early iukhe fiiurth centjry, irrituteil by u revolt o'tlu Eyp'ians Huainft the laws of the IOnj:in emii"re, ordeal that oil their hooks id chemistry should be committed - to the fl lines;, so as to puiush them for their rebel lion, by preventing them from carrying on the lucrative business arising out of the melting and woikingnf precious metals ( The expression I'suited to a T' is said to be derived from the so-called T-square an instrument used by architects and me- shnnic.il draughtsmen in drawing their plans. As the T-8q"nre is often used, tft test the accuracy with which lines and angles have been drawn, it is altogeiher probable that the phrase, ' Suited to a T," refers to, and originaud ill, this fact. 1'iiaros was the anctent name of a small land ( IT the c est of Ki.'jpt, not far from lie ancient Alexandria, and connected with he mainland by a mole. It was famous or its lighthouse. The building was the fius'umof a square pyramid turroundid fcv a large bast, thepneise dimensions of whioh are not known. It was commenced hv the fi-st. Pfoleniy, jand.. was finished about 280 years before Christ. Tne style od workmanship are represented to have been irapcrb, and the material was of a white stone. It i stated by Joscphus thaUJie light, which was always kept barning on its top at night, was visible forty one miles. This great lighthouse was probably destroyed by on earthquuke, but nothing is knovn of the dale ol its destruction. The tower existed for l.GtW )"? ..l'l,r tiie!'. fons it has been clafeJ am jng tlie" world's wonders'. ' 0ur Cll4 ,ms an,j habits are likb tbe rats . , ..... , , of jj,,,"'',,,. it)(0 them, and w j ig along through the mire bt cause it is te-o ranch trouble to get out of it. The hilU of I .fly eaJi-avor and hih achieremeul lie all around us, and if we never catch a glimpse of the views' they ttT.rd e i.it)d.ot cainplitin that it ia be cause of tbe inoperable limitations of our trUrroui:dit!g. A FORAGE FA MIS E. " Timothy hay is now selling in Atlanta at $1. 75 a hundred pounds, and is very scarce at that, and growing scarcer. The stocks of for age in"the west ore said to be exhausted, and there is therefore a prospect of higher prices still. Tbe matter has already become serious, adding as it does so largeja cost to all busiuess enterprises requiring horse labor. The crops of oats and wheat will be smaller than usual and the straw will not supply the deficiency. We have therefore, a long season ahead, until the middle ot summer when .forage begins to tie fathered, of a regular forage famine. f. Ilia '" , J B f r nn .iv nil T.y, i ,. pvnwa . V 111 ' I J . U3 IKI B. possible. X tie farmers snou Id pay especial attention to raising large and rapid forage Crops'. Ve especially recommend the immediate planting of peas on a large scale Inthia w4iy.tt vast quanjity of rich quickly growo pea-vine Jiay can be raised. The pea that has been found to be most suited for litis purpose is the clay pea. so largely used in north Georgia, Tennessee, Louisi ana, etc. It has almost dr.ven out the other peas. It covers the ground with a bue mass of yiue that grows rapidly ahd cares easily, ana tlie stnoble turned under m-ikes an admirable lertidz;r, forming a splendid basis for after crops. It can also be planted in the corn, and shades the ground, neutralizing drouth, and the fact that it won't run on the corn gives it a fpecial value. Something should be done, and we urgi some such course as the one herein suggested. Atlanta Constitution. GOOD WR1TISG'. i Printers' Circular. If you desire to write for the pnr-ss, and to be what is termed a " good writer," there are t.wo aJI-iiuportant thinjs that you isust look after. t..e of these is a plain and easy style, clearly witbio the comprehen sion of all disposed to re id fier you ; and" th other is, a theme calculated to interest everybody as near us il is possible for ever) 6ody to be interested!- The first of these nttaiuinL'uts may be m st easdy se-' euitd by a careful study ol model writets, sucli for instance ns Irvin H ivvtiiome and Dickens ; the other tnjst come ihrougb a...a-4-Sgt -- J ercij-e of good common sense, w ithout an association of these two things no pers n can become a go.nl, or, in other words', a popular writer. A'e have in mind several men of our immediate acquaintance, wiio write smoothly and beau'.il'ully ; but who, lacking the second requisite, are uot ut all liked as writers. 0.1 the other hand, we can place our finger upon men whose jidg me it, si far us relates to what could please the peopfe, is almost entirely perfect, but who, when they ur.dertake to. put their thoughts in words, put tu their words so badly and round their periods so roughly that no person cares ts read after tbeia for any length of time. DOST WASTE VITAL ESERGY. - The mist vigorous -p.T.son da not have too much vitality... People generally in herit a lack; or ut least find that much vital energy h is been perm inently lost in their childhood or youth through the igno rance or carelessness of their parents. Olten it is impaired by wrong indulgences in early manhood. Tne endeavor nh all. persons should be to bubands what is left, bij, it much or I:tt!e. Therefore ..I. Dout do anything in a hurrv 2. Djn't work too many luurs a day, whether it be f.trmiwork, shop-work, study work, or house-work. 3. Djii'i abridge sleep. Get the fall eight hours of it, and that, too, in a well veniilated aud sun purifi.d room. 4, I) n't eat what is indigestib'e, nor too much f noylhiug, and let good cheer rule toe hour. 5. D.m'i fret ut jour elf or onybedy else ; nor indulge iu the blues, uor burst iuto fits of passion. , 6. Don't be too much elated with good luck nor dishearleiicd-by bad. Positively be self controlli'd. calm and brave. L t your braoo have all the r st it needs. -Treat yout stem ich riijht. Kirpa good conscience, and have a cheerful tru-l ia God for all things and bjih worlds. Se lecttil. . We see how m jc'i a man has. und there fore envy him; did we see how little he en j ys, we fhould rather pity him. , Never fear io bring the sublimest motive to the smallest doty, and the most iuG.iite cemfort to the smallest trouble. The best way io po!o: is to do such a kindness to the i ff. ndd one that he wi!i forget that you ever attempted to i'j ire him. Public opinion ia weak tjrut, con pared with cur on private opimM?.- Wl.ut a wan thii.ks m hiin-el:", that it ia which dett-rmn.es or r her indicates his fate. H0V TO GET ALOSG. ' Never stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business be (oand there when wanted. ' - No man can get rich sitting around stores and saloons. Never " fool " in business matters. Have order, system, regularity and also promptness. .Do Dot meddle with business yon know nothing about. Dj not kick every one in your path. More miles can be made in a day by go ing steadily than stopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his words as' he does his bond. . Help others when you can. bat never give when you cannot afford to, simply be cause it is fashionable. L.'arc to say no. No necessity of snap ping n out aog-iat-nion, but say it firmly and respectfully. Use your own brains, rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for yourself. STILL IS FA VOR OF HUGGING.'' New Turk Evening Tost. 'The account of the Iowa girl who is said to huve been hugged to death by her lover has caused "quite a sensation" among the young ladies of West field, New York, who recently held a meeting to devise ways and means to prevent another case of death fri-m hugging. Tney unanimously passed the following pre am tile and jesolu ionSv - AVhereas, It is repnr ted that an Iowa girl oied recently in her lover's arms while bein hugged; and Whereas, Judging from experience, we believe such an event to be utterly impos sible; therefore, Resolved, That, notwithstanding said report, we are ptill in ; favor of hogging. We prtfer to run all risks of death rather than have the beautiful, lovely, delightful perfectly elegant custom abolished. , R. salved, That a copy of these resjla- uons be sent to the newsnsners for publication. A HISTORIC SWORD. TllS Swnrd (J?nprul .Tuhnat.mp Jnnna 4w4rwtar .tYork"GwbTI-k nrtaable relic. an! has ah in eresting history. It was worn by bis greatgrandfather, Major Cadwallader Jones, during the war of tbe P..n..ii;nn tr . i : . t -i.iuiu.iuii, ui. ,t no .ituj'i lu UllJ" lor's regiment aud as aide to General L Fayette at the battle of Brandy wine and at the surrender at Yorktowa, and in other battles iu which he participated. The blade of the sword was presented General LiFaytUe. -Iris a genuine Toledo, and can be bent point to hilt. A tradition ex ists that this blade is one of a lot of Toledos presented by. Curies III... King of Spain, to George Washington, and by him distributed us presents among bis gcneiul ofR-ers. Tue svord w is alsa worn . by General Jones' father, Cadwallader Jones the third of that uume w the direct line of descent, as V A Jfiei oi t -.tj - x --,---Sjuth Cuolina ltrginwn'i Tu the fate wari ' Toe M .j t Cada!lader Jjnes wiio served on Li Fayette's staffi was the grapd.sou of the Pe er J.mes who foundeil' ths city of . Petersburg, Va. Another Cadwallader Jones, il is also said, carried the sword in the war of 1812, and yel another iu the war with Mexico, 18474S, so the good lade has a history. " IVUMES'S 11 USB AS DS. Marriage gixs, to a certain ex'ent by contrasts, if not by contraries. A woman, still less than a man, gets the husband she paints to her fancy. II -r connubial ideas ure CJinrnauly regul ite,d. by her age and experience. Toe m u she desires at six teeu or scvecteen would be a burden at twenty, uud her ideal at twenty might prdve u bore at tweaty--.e. She.Jegin8 'with teuiimeutalism a. id ends with sober-" uess ; vauity im,els. her fiist, but sympathy holds her lost. She is fn qintly surprised at the off-rs she ret -ives, and still mare surprised al the off rs she does not rrctive. Tlie I ve that comes at first sight rarely remaii s ; il is apt to be born of the eye, not of the temperjin nt. The lave that crows generally endures and prodjece fi u:t. L ve ai.d m in iage are not related as e think iluy should be. L ve mutches often turn out ill. and matches without love turn out well. No one can tell what love is ; uor can. any one guess bt mar riage wi; biing. We ure all, when joung lull of thoughts und theories about both, ai.d individual experience is ever c ntru dictintt what wc have lc-ruid. Marriage ia as impenetrable as love. Few of us are prepared lor their disclosures. We may .,ve and mirry agaiu aud agaia ; but our ideal of love or marriage is alnioet always holly uulike Timet- the thing itself. S. Y. 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